5 Days of Tibet Tour of Lhasa/Gyantse/Shigatse

B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner

 

                                                               

 

Day by day itinerary:

 

Day01: Arriving Lhasa, rest in the hottel

 

Day02: Visit in Lhasa city, Hottle in Lhasa

             To visit the Potala Palace in the morning, after the lunch to visit the Sera monastery, Jkhang temple and Bharkor street

 

The Potala Palace--- is located in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa in the urban areas in the northwest of Japan Mabu Hill (Red Hill), the Potala Palace is a large - scale castle - style buildings. Potala Palace was first mattied to Songtsan Gambo and Princess Wencheng of the construction, reconstruction of the 17th century, the Potala Palace has become history of the Winter Palace residence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet is also the rule of the center of politics and religion. The whole of the Potala Palace, the palace has a distinct Tibetan style, hillside, magnificent momentum. Potala Palace also in the collections of numerous treasures, is called a palace of art. In 1961, the State Council of China was the first to focus on the national heritage one of the units. In 1994, the Potala Palace was listed as World Cultural Heritage.

 

The Sera monastery--- is the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism one of the San Dasi, on the behalf of the Ming Sera Monastery in the Tibetan language as "Wild Tose Garden Temple." Sera has a main hall, three Zhacang (abbey), 29-Kang village. Temple kept tens of thousands across the golden statue of Buddha, most of them in Tibet for the lacal audience. Zhacang hall and the walls kept together by a large number of frescoes of the original color.

 

Jokhang Temple--- is one of the key heritage unit, is famous in Tibet's largest monastery. Monastery is in the 7 the century to the middle of Songtsan Gambo married Princess Wencheng, the princess-foot statue built. The whole architectural style unique, magnificent, resplendent gold ding, Dan matched the chalky walls and the magnificent decoration, the composition of the Court of Joan in Wonderland places of worship. There are three Zhudian the Jokhang Temple, and a total of four corners of the temple to the main Buddha Hall of the permitted more than 20 years, filled with the size of the gold, copper and clay like. In the next three corridors are a variety of subjects painted murals. These superb building process, not only embodies the Tibetan and Chinese people's diligence and intelligence, or the Tibetan and Chinese peoples of the two brotherly friendship since ancient times to witness history.

 

Day03: Lhasa/Yamdrok Lake/Gyantse/Shigatse, hottle in Shigatse

             After the breakfast to drive to Shigatse, visit Yamdrok Lake and Karola snowpeak on the way, arrive Gyantse to visit the famous Palchoe monastery and then to go to shigatse.

 

Yamdrok Lake--- in Tibet as one of the four shenghu, 100km away from Lhasa to the south. Sheep Lake 4441 meters above sea level, covering an area of 648 square kilometers, the lake in the distribution of more than a dozen small islands, the lake water Feng Mao, Tibe is one of the famous ranch. Lake is the largest in Tibet waterfowl Habitat, the lake like a blue velvet, the mystery of life Juyou distributed, together with the surrounding snow-capped mountains, constitute a typical landscape Shangri-La.

 

Palchoe monastery--- is located in Gyangze county, the Monastery was built in the Ming Dynasty, the pagoda is a combination of typical tibetan Buddhist temple Construction. "Pagoda of thousands of white tower is unique in the history of Chinese architecture treasures, many of the palace carrying mud, copper, gold plastid Buddha called the museum."

 

Day04: Shigatse/Lhasa, Hottle in Lhasa

             After the breakfast to visit the Tashilunpo monastery, then back to Lhasa

 

Tashilhunpo monastery--- is the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet after the region's largest monastery, the country is well-known Yellow Sect monasteries one of the six. Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, is a history of the Panchen living in tin. Maitreya Jiushibanchan large hall dedicated to casting the auspices of the gold gilt bronze seated Maitreya, is the world's largest seated Tongfo. Terauchi possession of a variety of precious cultural relics, the Tibet studies are different historical periods and social development of political and religious blessing.

 

Day05: Finish your trip and leave Lhasa.